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SANDF Commander-in-Chief President Cyril Ramaphosa and General Solly Shoke at the initial Op Notlela deployment.
Message by President Cyril Ramaphosa, Commander-In-Chief of the South African National Defence Force, on the occasion of Armed Forces Day 21 February 2021.
Minister of Defence and Military Veterans, Ms Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula,
Deputy Minister of Defence and Military Veterans, Mr Thabang Makwetla,
Chief of the South African National Defence Force, General Solly Shoke,
The Military Command,
Ladies and Gentlemen,
On National Armed Forces Day we commemorate those who lost their lives when the SS Mendi sank in the English Channel during the First World War.